Viva Connections is excited to roll out new features for the spotlight component, giving operators enhanced control and customization on what content appears in spotlight. Now, operators can easily pin important content to the spotlight, edit, reorder, and manage up to 11 pinned items. These pinned items take priority and appear in the spotlight first, while also staying in the spotlight indefinitely (which can be modified at any time).

Additionally, the new spotlight settings in Viva Connections will allow for adding multiple SharePoint sites as news sources for spotlight from Connections directly, ensuring a varied and dynamic content display following the pinned items, while still respecting audience targeting and boosted rankings. Enjoy a more personalized and efficient way to manage and present content in Viva Connections.

Spotlight feature mentioned in this blog post, is demonstrated in the following video with Leslie Thomas (Microsoft) and and Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft).

Frequently asked questions

When will this happen?

The feature is rolling out currently to Targeted Release customers and will continue to roll out to all customers in June 2024.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 392098.

What do you need to prepare?

There is nothing you need to do to prepare, but you can let your users know about this new experience and provide them insights on the different upcoming options for the spotlight feature.

What is next?

Lot of new features in the roadmap of the Viva Connections. We are working on numerous new features to improve the Viva Connection experience based on the customer and partner feedback. Your feedback and input is invaluable on building these experiences. Got an idea or feedback? – Please add comment below or use the Microsoft Feedback portal.

Thanks for reading. Please enjoy the new configuration options and let us know any feedback or questions in the comments.

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